Akademik

a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)

Pocahontas [Pocahontas]

(c. 1595–1617) a Native-American girl who in 1607 saved the life of Captain John Smith when he was about to be killed by her father, Chief Powhatan. She became a Christian in 1613 and changed her name to Rebecca. A year later, she married the English ↑colonist John Rolfe and in 1616 went to England, where she created a lot of interest. She became ill and died on the way home. Her story was told in the Walt ↑Disney ↑cartoon film Pocahontas (1995).